
Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo could miss Tuesday's game against the Charlotte Hornets. He is listed as questionable because of a calf injury.
Here's the full injury report:
HEAT
Terry Rozier: Out (Not with team)
Nikola Jovic: Probable (back)
Andrew Wiggins: Out (Toe)
Bam Adebayo: Questionable (Calf)
HORNETS
Tosan Evbuomwan: Out (G League)
PJ Hall: Out (G League)
Liam McNeeley: Out (G League)
Antonio Reeves: Out (G League)
Tidjane Salaun: Out (Calf)
Here's the game preview:
Game time: 7 p.m., Spectrum Center, Charlotte
TV: FanDuel Sports Network
Betting line: Heat +3.5
VITALS:
The Heat and Hornets meet for the fourth and final regular season matchup. So far this season, Miami has won all three previous contests, including 10 of the last 11 overall against Charlotte. The Heat are 83-49 all-time versus the Hornets during the regular season, including 48-19 in home games and 35-30 in road games.
LAST MEETING
The Hornets fell to the Heat, 128-120 March 6 at Spectrum Center. Brandon Miller led the charge for the Hornets with 11 points in the first quarter, helping them to a 30-27 lead after one. The Hornets bridged the first two quarters with a 17-6 run–their largest of the first half–to take a sevenpoint lead midway through the second. Tyler Herro made back-to-back 3-pointers for Miami to tie the score at 41-41 with six minutes remaining. Charlotte reached a six-point lead again late in the half, but the advantage was trimmed down to three, 61-58, by the end of the frame. The score was knotted up on five different occasions during the third quarter, but the Hornets finished the third quarter with a 101-98 lead. After tying the score at 108 with 7:54 remaining, the Heat scored seven-straight points to take a 115-108 lead.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
F Pelle Larsson
F Bam Adebayo
C Kel'el Ware
G Tyler Herro
G Davion Mitchell
HORNETS
F Kon Knueppel
F Miles Bridges
C Moussa Diabate
G LaMelo Ball
G Brandon Miller
QUOTABLE
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on the loss to the Orlando Magic: "Defensively in the second half we just made much more of a stand. Held them to 37% and 50 points. It was much different than the first half where we were just getting attacked off the dribble, a lot of them in one-on-one situations and in a bunch of different ways. Then the cuts, then the transition. We just did not set the tone for the game defensively and then the rest of the second half we had to dig from behind. We don't want to get in the habit of allowing teams to put up 70 on us in a half without resistance."
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